Jennifer Paradysz, LICSW
Licensed clinical social worker focused on emotion regulation
Book with JenniferWorks with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- ADHD
How Jennifer works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LICSW
- Licensed in
- Massachusetts
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Jennifer
Jennifer Paradysz is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) with two decades of experience helping people manage strong emotions and life changes. She commonly helps with anger, anxiety, stress, depression, grief, and relationship concerns. Jennifer aims to make sessions straightforward and focused on what feels most pressing to each person.
Her work centers on building trust and a strong working relationship. She uses an individualized approach that draws on both talk-based strategies and body-focused techniques.
Background and approach
Sessions often include practical skills for managing intense feelings and improving day-to-day functioning. Jennifer has spent much of her career supporting people with trauma and complex trauma, including emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. She also works with attention challenges, mood disorders, addiction issues, and the strains that come with caregiving and chronic illness.
Her background includes helping people through divorce, adoption and foster care concerns, and family of origin difficulties. Therapeutic tools she uses include cognitive behavioral techniques, EMDR for trauma processing, mindfulness practices, and attachment-based ideas to strengthen relationships and self-understanding. Jennifer also integrates mind-body strategies and therapeutic art when helpful.
The aim is to restore a sense of safety, regulate strong emotions, and rebuild confidence. She offers a collaborative style, encouraging clients to set goals and choose approaches that fit their preferences and pace. Jennifer sees therapy as a step-by-step process focused on practical change and greater emotional balance.
What Jennifer works with
Everything Jennifer lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Jennifer's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- ADHD
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Jennifer lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Jennifer’s Approaches Translate to Online Care
Jennifer uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which can reduce intense reactions and improve daily routines. She also applies attachment-based ideas to explore how past relationships influence current trust and emotional responses, helping clients strengthen self-awareness and safer connections.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Jennifer works with each person to choose which methods to try based on their goals and what feels workable. She checks in regularly and adjusts strategies as progress and needs change.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences. Video lets people work face-to-face when that helps, phone can be useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed, and messaging or live chat can support brief updates or on-the-go coping between sessions. These options make therapy more flexible for people juggling work, caregiving, or health concerns.
Questions people ask about Jennifer
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She helps people with anger, anxiety, stress, depression, grief, relationship strain, attention challenges, addiction issues, and trauma-related problems.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is collaborative and practical. She blends talk therapy, mindfulness, and body-focused techniques to teach emotion regulation and coping skills.
What is her professional background?
She has 20 years of clinical experience and a long history of work with trauma, mood disorders, and caregiving or family stress.
What credentials and region are listed?
She is an MA LICSW and practices in Massachusetts.
Which languages and international options are supported?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as ways to connect.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.